The regular season for high school football begins tonight for most teams. Here are 11 football games that are within driving distance in the Triangle area. Friday night’s weather is expected to be warm, near 80 degrees, with a 40 percent chance of rain or thunderstorms. Most games are at 7:30 p.m. You might want to check with local officials as some games start at 7. In bold below are the predicted winners. My record of predicting regular season games last year was 81 percent and my record for predicting playoff games was nearly 90 percent.

Athens Drive at Sanderson

Broughton at Cary

Northern Durham at Middle Creek

Panther Creek at Leesville Road

West Johnston at Fuquay-Varina

Clayton at Cardinal Gibbons

Durham Jordan at WF-Rolesville

Millbrook at Southeast Raleigh

Northern Vance at Ravenscroft

Durham Riverside at Wakefield

New Bern at Durham Hillside

Check the scores in the High School Football roundup on the left navigation bar.